Archive for May 13th, 2012

Cuban chef Hector Higuera, second left, and U.S, chef Sara Jenkins, right, pointing, team up, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 11, 2012. Prominent New York City chefs are teaming up this week with culinary entrepreneurs from Havana’s budding private...

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 13 AND THEREAFRTER – In an April 4, 2012 photo, Kelley Thierry, left, and Taylor Stanislawski talk in the studio at Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Mich. With a majority of filming done, students in the school’s advanced...

FILE – Actress Betty White poses for a portrait following her appearance on the television talk show “In the House,” in Burbank, Calif., in this Nov. 24, 2009 file photo. White said Friday May 11, 2012 she usually keeps her political views...

Pallbearers and family members get ready to carry the casket of George Lindsey, who played Goober on The Andy Griffith Show, in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, May 11, 2012. The public memorial service drew an estimated 400 people who paid last respects to Lindsey,...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A group of New Mexico seventh-graders have found could be one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in a while. Seventh-graders from Sandia Prep discovered a Native American pot, about 18 inches high and 14 to 16 inches...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque Biopark Zoo has announced the birth of Kix, a baby male Bactrian camel. Officials said Kix was born last week to Betty, a Bactrian camel who has been at the zoo for 13 years, and father, Wilson, who has been at the zoo...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A captured bear in Rio Rancho has ripped off a chunk of a 12-year-old boy’s index finger. KOAT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/J7ERyX) that the bear attacked the boy after he stuck his hand in a cage housing the bear. New Mexico...

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A music-themed mural created by at-risk youth alongside a Clovis storefront has been vandalized. The Portales News-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/J8dNsM) that the mural at the Sports Angle, a sports memorabilia story, was damaged this...

SOCORRO, N.M. (AP) — One of the oldest churches in the U.S. that was once visited by Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate has run out of money for much-needed renovations. Crews at Old San Miguel Mission in Socorro, N.M., stopped work this week on repairs due...